Complementary Standardless Quantitative Methods with EDS

Complementary Use of Qualitative and Quantitative Cultural Assessment Methods

The organizational cultures of two small manufacturers were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative assessment methods. This article describes not only how qualitative and quantitative data contributed to the validity of the results through triangulation but also how the qualitative and quantitative research paradigms were used in a complementary fashion to produce a more complete understan...

When are methods complementary?

We address the issue of when software development methods are complementary, i.e., determining when a method is capable of a task that another method cannot perform. Our intent is to examine complementarity in order to help determine when to carry out method integration. We propose some factors for method complementarity, and suggest that contextdependent criteria, such as real-world domain and...

Progress towards Accurate Quantitative Standardless X-ray Analysis at Low kV

At 20kV, quantitative analysis with relative errors below 5% can be delivered by EDS standardless analysis provided SDD detector efficiency is accurately determined and standards have been pre-measured on a well-characterised detector [1]. The increasing need to analyse features well below 1 μm in size has encouraged use of lower beam voltages. At 5 kV, there is at least one accessible line emi...

Two way street – complementary methods

Complementary Rather Than Competitive Methods

Clinic (office) blood pressure (BP) measurement has a well-established role in medical practice and is the standard on which most of the literature is based. However, clinic BP has several important limitations, including the potential for inadequate or misleading estimates of a patient’s true BP status and suboptimal prediction of cardiovascular risk. Particularly relevant is the concern that ...